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Re: NASA House Team Grant help

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Originally Posted by trycatch View Post
I'm a mentor with a second year team that's going for a new NASA house team grant opportunity in our area, and I've spent the better part of a month working on our grant writeup, but.. this is honestly the first grant I've ever written, and I would honestly feel a lot better about it if I could find some kind of examples of what other people have submitted in the past. I have zero idea the format people tend to use for this sort of thing or anything, and I'm really stressing that I'm going to let my kids down by submitting a hot mess. :/ We're a lower-ish income school, but with good community support and the kids have a ton of heart, so this has the potential to be a HUGE change for the team (think the money to build a workshop, get some better laptops, etc.) Does anyone have any suggestions, anything to point to that could help, useful example templates, anything?
Does the "house team" grant require a NASA mentor?

I've applied for the grant before, when we were a 2nd year team. I just outlined that we were potentially losing a major sponsor (Boeing) and we got the grant. Not from a lower-income area by a long shot. So if you just outline the difficulty you have in meeting your financial obligations, and can show you are out of "major" sponsors, you've got a shot.
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